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(i) electronic or other disabling devices on the shopping carts so they can not be removed from the premises; or, (ii) bollards, chains or other physical barrier to prevent transporting shopping carts out of the store or off the premises; and/or, (iii) effective management practices including use of (A) courtesy clerks to accompany customers and return the shopping carts to the store, (6) security personnel assigned the responsibility to prevent removal; (C) or other measures acceptable to the director that the owner can demonstrate will effectively prevent shopping cart to be removed from the premises. Where physical improvements such as (i) and (ii) above are not proposed, the plan shall include justification for such omission. (7) Employee training. The plan shall include a description of an annual ongoing employee training program that shall be implemented by the owner designed to educate new and existing employees on the shopping cart control plan and conditions contained therein. (8) Mandatory shopping cart retrieval element. The plan shall include provisions for retrieval of abandoned Shopping carts. The plan shall ensure that all of owner's Shopping care removed from the premises shall be recovered within 24 hours, or in the case of shopping carts abandoned at or around a bus stop, within 12 hours. The retrieval element shall identify the streets and bus stops which shall be patrolled; the manner, frequency and times of such patrols; and the procedures to be employed by the owner to retrieve abandoned Shopping carts, including but not limited to the number of trucks and hours of operation of retrieval activities. In addition, the retrieval element shall detail a telephone notification program, whereby persons may notify the owner of an abandoned shopping cart and request retrieval of any shopping cart properly identified as belonging to the owner; and provide that each vehicle used to retrieve shopping carts shall bear conspicuous signs identifying the name of the owner or the retail business name and, if applicable, the name of the contract shopping cart retrieval service. (9) Daily cart confinement. A plan for storing Shopping carts during non- business hours, for any business which is not open 24 hours per day, to prevent theft when closed. (10) Collaboration with other businesses. Two or more retail establishments located within the same shopping or retail center or sharing a common Ordinance No. NS-2725 Page 7 of 13